ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,067, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"X-ray tube bearing assembly and X-ray tube" was invented by Yu Tong Liu (WuXi, China), Xiao Dong (WuXi, China) and Shan Lu (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray tube bearing assembly may include a bearing housing including an accommodating cavity; and a bearing core accommodated in the accommodating cavity. The bearing housing may include first and second portions. The second portion surrounds and forms a portion of the accommodating cavity to accommodate the bearing core. The first portion extends out of the second portion and surro...